The car and a Forest Municipal School District bus collided about 3:30 p.m. on Highway 35 north of Hillsboro in Scott County, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said.

The driver of the passenger vehicle was flown to a local hospital with serious injuries, authorities said.

“He was hurt bad," witness Intonioe Holifield said. "He was up under the dashboard, but the motor was sitting in his lap.”

"It sounded like a bomb blew up," said witness Raphael Hunt.

"I was fixing to get off the bus and stuff, and the bus hit the car and, uh ... glass and stuff," said sixth-grader Johntavious Coleman, who was on the bus. "There was hollering and saying, 'my leg hurt. I hit my head.' and stuff."

Coleman opened the back door of the bus to help students escape after the crash. His mother drove up right after the wreck.

"I looked, and I said, 'Oh God! That's my son's bus,'" said Lisa Lofton. "So I just ran on down the road, and once I got there, I tried to help assist them with the kids."

Forty kids were taken to the hospital. Some were taken by ambulance and others on another bus. Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee said a few had minor injuries, and the others were taken as a precaution.

Witnesses told WAPT the car collided with the bus as it was making a turn. Police said the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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